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Oh jeez I must have read that wrong last night. Don't know what I was doing there. Britton, Tillman, Arrieta, Matusz, Hunter. But I'll say if Arrieta puts it all together, he probably has the best upside. Britton has a nice sinker that when he's on, can paint that outside corner all day. I think he'll be a middle of the rotation starter. #2 at best. Hunter can be good when he keeps the ball down which he did against the Twins and Indians. Didn't get to see his start against the A's.

Last edited by osforlife on July 31st, 2012, 9:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

osforlife wrote:Oh jeez I must have read that wrong last night. Don't know what I was doing there. Britton, Tillman, Arrieta, Matusz, Hunter. But I'll say if Arrieta puts it all together, he probably has the best upside. Britton has a nice sinker that when he's on, can paint that outside corner all day. I think he'll be a middle of the rotation starter. #2 at best. Hunter can be good when he keeps the ball down which he did against the Twins and Indians. Didn't get to see his start against the A's.

IMO Arrieta, Britton, Tillman, and Matusz, ALL have the potential to be #2 SPs. My concern is whether they have the desire, self confidence, and self discipline to reach that level.

My rankings were based on what they shown so far. I would have put Tillman at the top of the list, but he has yet to show me that he can be efficient with his pitches, and/or has the stamina to throw 120 pitches per game to make up for his nibbling with two strikes.

I think we need to ignore what Britton and has done this year and evaluate him on his 2013 performance.

ofahn wrote:IMO Arrieta, Britton, Tillman, and Matusz, ALL have the potential to be #2 SPs. My concern is whether they have the desire, self confidence, and self discipline to reach that level.

My rankings were based on what they shown so far. I would have put Tillman at the top of the list, but he has yet to show me that he can be efficient with his pitches, and/or has the stamina to throw 120 pitches per game to make up for his nibbling with two strikes.

I think we need to ignore what Britton and has done this year and evaluate him on his 2013 performance.

What has Britton done to be 2nd on the list? Other than his fast start to last season he has not had much success. I think I would put Tillman and Matusz above Britton and I have had that opinion prior to todays start.

My question is how long are we going to go with these guys? If they don't improve before they reach 26, 27 or 28 years old they won't have any value to us or anyone else.

ofahn wrote:IMO Arrieta, Britton, Tillman, and Matusz, ALL have the potential to be #2 SPs. My concern is whether they have the desire, self confidence, and self discipline to reach that level.

My rankings were based on what they shown so far. I would have put Tillman at the top of the list, but he has yet to show me that he can be efficient with his pitches, and/or has the stamina to throw 120 pitches per game to make up for his nibbling with two strikes.

I think we need to ignore what Britton and has done this year and evaluate him on his 2013 performance.

Britton should still be in the minors. He can't locate anything right now. Arrieta could be the best of the bunch but he could also pitch like 2012 for the rest of his career. And to be fair, those 120 pitches were over 8 1/3 innings. So...what that would be 100 pitches in 7 innings. Not bad. I really like Britton's sinking fastball when he locates it.

osforlife wrote:Britton should still be in the minors. He can't locate anything right now. Arrieta could be the best of the bunch but he could also pitch like 2012 for the rest of his career. And to be fair, those 120 pitches were over 8 1/3 innings. So...what that would be 100 pitches in 7 innings. Not bad. I really like Britton's sinking fastball when he locates it.

Weird to see because both Tucker and I watched his last start for Norfolk this season and he was hitting his spots and showed good command.

Jordan Tuwiner wrote:Weird to see because both Tucker and I watched his last start for Norfolk this season and he was hitting his spots and showed good command.

Yes, I remember following his start on Gameday and reading you and Tucker's comments throughout the game. I looked forward to seeing him in the majors but maybe that was just fool's gold. I'd like to see Steve Johnson get a shot at starting in Britton's place, but his future is almost definitly in the bullpen. But his next start against the Mariners will do him good. Do or Die for Zach on 8/7/12.